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Date:	26th April 1844
Colliery:	Friars Goose
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Cause:	Fall of roof
Lives Lost:	1
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On 26 April, the Durham Advertiser reported that : "On Friday, three deputies were down the pit at Friars Goose, near Gateshead, to keep the workings in proper condition and at noon three others descended to relieve them." As they could not be found at the bottom of the shaft, a search was made "and they were at length discovered in a part of the pit under Byker Hill on the opposite side of the Tyne. They had been seated on a rolley, to which an ass was harnessed, when they were buried by a fall of stone from the roof. Five hours elapsed before they were got out; and one of them had to assist in his own liberation, by sawing through a block of stone. Another named William Ridley, was dreadfully crushed, and is scarcely expected to recover. The third — John Caldwell — (a married man with a family) — was killed."

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Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).

	Caldwell, John, fall of roof, married with a family
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26 Apr 1844	News (Durham Advertiser)
02 May 1844	Fatal Colliery Accident (The Times)

 

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